Come and gone, off again on again, hotel living

While Mama and I were working with the dealer in Munster for the purchase of the Flex, Grandpa found a F250 King Ranch truck at a used car lot in Bowie. Mama sent him to look it over but by the time he got there and hour later, it had already sold. It was priced right – about $4000 below Blue Book. No wonder it went fast. Mama was willing to pass on the Flex to allow me to get it but that is not how it worked out.


Meanwhile, she and Chase were signing papers at Happy State Bank to transfer the little car loan, registering him as the payer. It will retain the car in our name until it is paid off but allow him to assume the loan. It will be great for his credit and he gets a nearly new car in the deal. He has proposed selling the little ranger truck and paying Victoria a portion of the proceeds to repay her for the loss of her car. Please pray he can sell the truck for at least $2800.

Mama, Chase, Makaila and I will go back to Bowie on Saturday afternoon after he gets off work. We will travel together so he can return to Amarillo with his new car. This saves him having to drive the little truck over and back while someone else drives the little car back. It delays Mama and me a bit, but we can deal with that.

Mama and I are ready to be back in Bowie. Hotel living is not the life we are looking for right now. Don’t get me wrong. It is not burdensome, quite the opposite. It is a relief that the company is footing the bill. Everything is provided for us – including breakfast and dinner. The hotel offers free laundry and our room has a little, well supplied kitchenette. The beds are comfortable. But it is not home.

I think Mama is used to being busier now that she has adapted to the farm and she really misses the morning feedings and taking care of the chickens, the horses, the dogs, etc. Besides all that, it costs me money to be away from home; incidentals, snacks, drinks, extra gas – which the company does not pay for – etc., etc., etc.

We are ready to go home; such as it is.